†Rottophis Szyndlar and Böhme 1996 (dwarf boa)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Tropidophiidae
Full reference: Z. Szyndlar and W. Böhme. 1996. Redescription of Tropidonotus atavus von Meyer, 1855 from the Upper Oligocene of Rott (Germany) and its allocation to Rottophis gen. nov. (Serpentes, Boidae). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 240:145-161
Parent taxon: Tropidophiinae according to Z. Szyndlar et al. 2008
See also Szyndlar 1997 and Szyndlar and Böhme 1996
Sister taxon: Falseryx
Subtaxa: Rottophis atavus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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